Media coverage of the recession

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 16:59

I am old enough to remember the previous recession, in those days there was only News at 6 and News at 10, each Friday the number of jobs lost that week were declared, nowadays there is 24/7 blanket coverage of the financial crisis.

I know things are bad and many people are having difficulties but does anyone else feel that things are being made worse through the constant negative reporting, even when there is a slightly positive event this does not get reported on, I suppose it could be that bad news sells papers/gets viewers.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:06

Tell me when there was any good news reported, sick of the BBc wasting our money sending reporters all over the world telling us news we dont need to know. Two people reading the news one reads one line and the other the next line, ridiculous about time they got a decent job or joined the dole queue.

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:11

why's everyone so negative ?





Nick

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:19

"Dog bites man" is no news. But "man bites dog"...

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:21

And people ask why fewer people are posting !

sparta


Joined: 24/10/2008
Posts: 226

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:49

what recession? did i miss something...

JimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 17:56

Robert Peston rules OK!!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/02/2009 18:21

RE msg 5, hattikins : (...) And people ask why fewer people are posting ! (...)



===> And your point is?

witchfinder



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 155

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 02:26

I sometimes work in the news and I agree the stories are depressing, I said to a correspondent the other within the rules of telling the truth of course can we have lighter stories....... but I'm only the broadcast engineer so it fell on deaf ears.

ataturk


Joined: 09/09/2008
Posts: 712

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 07:34

Unfortunately the news is not meant to be positive. Nowadays the news is repetitive and boring (just watch sky news for more than 15 mins). They want it to be shocking and scary so that we constantly watch good news is boring. I dont watch the news now I have moved to Cyprus it makes you brain dead. As for the recession is was needed a long time ago to balance things out.

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 08:41

a friend returned from a holiday in the uk this week.

she doesn't seem to think there is one.

people are shopping as normal in london!

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
25/02/2009 08:43

My P is in Uk at moment, he said all seems the same, ppl aren't throwing themselves off buildings



There is no real important news so they overegg the pudding re recession.